Secondary Analyses of Strengthening Families Datasets
Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
Assistance Listings
- 93.086 -- Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to award up to ten cooperative agreements to fund research to conduct secondary data analysis of archived data, specifically the Building Strong Families (BSF), Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM), and Parents and Children Together (PACT) datasets. These datasets are from large-scale federal evaluation impact studies, which addressed questions related to healthy marriage and/or responsible fatherhood.
Successful applicants will...
demonstrate a familiarity with the proposed data for their analysis and an adequate understanding of the variables, sampling, methodology, etc. used to construct the dataset necessary for completion of the work proposed in the application. Proposed research should address topics relevant to strengthening families to improve the lives of children and parents, as well as promote economic stability. Topics of interest include, but may not be limited to the following: mediators of healthy marriage, relationship education, and/or fatherhood programs; measurement issues related to healthy marriage, relationship education, and/or fatherhood programs with low-income families; or father involvement in low-income families.
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Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- County governments
- State governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Business
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Miscellaneous
- Unrestricted
Additional information
Eligible applicants are public, private and state controlled institutions of higher education; state, county, city or township, and special district governments; independent school districts; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations; small businesses; Native American tribal governments and organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities.
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Grantor contact information
Description
ACF Applications Help Desk
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
ACF Applications Help Desk
Documents
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Link to additional information
Archived: December 25, 2019
Award
$750,000
Program Funding
10
Expected awards
$40,000
Award Minimum
$75,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-PR-1565
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Income security and social services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
2
Posted date:
August 12, 2019
Archive date:
December 25, 2019
